CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Girard Free Library.

• McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

• McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

AUXILIARIES

• Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW, Post 3538, will have a monthly meeting at 6:30 Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. District 8 President Nancy Horner will attend for the yearly inspection. A luncheon will be served. Reminder: Dues of $15 are due and should be paid before December.

• St. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday at the private dining room. Sister Bitty Schuster will speak on “Beatitude House.”

CLASSES

• Chaney High School January and June Classes of 1948 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Molly’s on Salt Springs Road. All alumni are invited to attend.

CLUBS

• College Club of Sharon will have a continental breakfast meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian church, Sharon. Jocelyn Beatty, wildlife artist, will speak. Committee chairwomen for the 2009-10 year are Ruth Leone (awards), Lizette Olsen (salon), Barbara Clawson (finance), Sally Young and Wanda Marks (hospitality), Paula Haehnel (yearbook/program), Laura Kubyako (reception), Nancy Gearhart (historian), Antoinette DeAngelis (publicity), and Lois Tamplin (remembrance). Hospitality will be provided by Pat Stanger, Ruth Leone, Karen Davis, and Kathleen Dunkerley. Membership is open to women college graduates. For information, call Carol Rich, membership chairwoman, at (724) 347-7609.

GUILDS

• Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield for the annual holiday dinner. Members should take a covered dish to share and their own place setting, as well as a small knitted ornament, to take part in an exchange. There will be no meeting in December.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• Friends of Boardman Library will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the community room for a social with Doris Almasy, Jane Clarke, Martha Standley and Dorothy Velker as hostesses. The 10 a.m. program on “‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen” will be presented by Carol Weakland. New members and guests are welcome. Reservations will be taken for the Christmas luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Holiday Inn in Boardman. Entertainment will be by Dan Kalosky. The cost is $18, and the reservation deadline is Dec. 1. Members should indicate their choice of chicken fran ßaise, baked orange roughy or a 6-ounce sirloin steak with onion rings. Checks should be made payable to the Friends of Boardman Library and mailed to Nancy Dunn, 1474 Walker Mill Road, Youngstown, Oh 44514.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church in Girard will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

• St. Anthony Auxiliary of Struthers elected officers at its October meeting. There will be no general membership meeting this month, but officers will meet at noon Monday at Johnny’s restaurant in Boardman.

• St. Michael Altar Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the parish center. The rosary will precede the meeting. Lynda Fuller, president, will preside. Pat See and Joanne Brown will present the program “Merry Christmas Billboards.” The hostesses for the meeting are Diana Vaccaro and Cookie Dwyer. Guests are welcome.

• St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Youngstown will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday with President Mary Ann Cardiero presiding. Plans for the Christmas party will be discussed. Hostesses are Nancy Green, Carmela Grey, Cynthia Jones, Tina Kinnick, and Mary LaVaglio.

• Youngstown Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 21 at St. Christine Church hall, 3165 Schenley Ave. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided by the Hospitality Ministry of St. Christine’s. There is no charge to attend, but reservations are required. All Catholic women of the diocese are welcome. Call (330) 834-0354 before Saturday if you plan to attend. The morning program will be Christmas Billboard Ladies. Three of them are St. Christine’s members. From Stark or Columbiana County, follow U.S. 62 east to South Schenley Avenue. From Portage County, follow U.S. 224 east to Canfield, then U.S. 62 east to South Schenley. From Ashtabula or Trumbull County, follow Ohio 11 south to U.S. 62 east. Turn left onto South Schenley Avenue.

SERVICE CLUBS

• Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St.

• McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of the Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following: Monday, walking at Southern Park Mall at 6 p.m. from the food court; Tuesday, dancing at Lucianno’s at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall at 6 p.m. from the food court; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Church at 7:30 for speaker; Nov. 13, movie at Main Street Theatre in Columbiana at 7 p.m.; and Nov. 14, Hubbard Fire Company fundraiser at 8. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

SOCIETIES

• Girard Historical Society will have its monthly meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Girard Public Library. Barnhisel House Museum will be open the second and fourth Sundays of the month — Sunday and Nov. 22 from 1-4 p.m. Special tours can be arranged by calling Colette Chuey at (330) 545-6162.

• Mahoning County Genealogy Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church, state Route 224, Boardman. “How to Get Started” is the theme of the informational meeting on tracing family histories. Researchers will be on hand to answer questions. Anyone interested in the theme is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer Assistance and Referral Network has scheduled the following support group meetings: Monday, 7 p.m. at St. John Orthodox Church, 322 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; Tuesday, 7 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown; Wednesday, 7 p.m. at St. Charles Church, Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman; Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, corner of Sexton and Garfield streets, Struthers; Nov. 17, 6 p.m. at Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St.; Nov. 18, 7 p.m. at St. Paul Church, 2860 E. Market St., Warren; Nov. 19, 6 p.m. at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley, Poland; Nov. 20, 10 a.m. at Canfield Christian Church, 123 Broad St,, Canfield; Nov. 23, 1:30 p.m. at Easter Seals, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman; and Nov. 24, 6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave., Salem.

• Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for people who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets every Friday at 7 p.m. (6:45 for newcomers) at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive N.E., Howland. For more information, call (330) 307-8182.

• TOPS 327 will meet Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. Weigh-in is from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 793-7083.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 534-2618 or (330) 545-4770.

• UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Monday — Diabetes at 7 p.m.at Greenville Campus, and Empty Arms at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center in Hermitage. Tuesday — Breastfeeding at 11 a.m. at Womancare Center in Hermitage, registration at (724) 347-4780; Cancer at 1 p.m. at Greenville campus; Diabetes at 1:30 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus; and Weight Loss at 7 p.m. at Greenville Campus. Wednesday — Breast Cancer at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center in Hermitage, registration at (724) 347-7700.

VETERANS

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call (330) 542-9928.

• Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.